Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46(12):1859-1860; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem255
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Specialist interventions at the rheumatology outpatient clinic
1Rheumatology Department, Musgrave Park Hospital, 2Rheumatology Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
Correspondence to: M. Wray, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman's Lane, Belfast, BT9 7JB, UK. E-mail: mwray@doctors.org.uk
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SIR, As rheumatologists we are under significant pressure to reduce the waiting times for new patients in the outpatient clinic. As there is restricted clinic time available for new and review patients, it has been suggested that stable review patients should be discharged to primary care. We believe there exists a perception that review patients with rheumatic disease require little intervention or adjustment to treatment and do not need to